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Tuesday, 27 January 2015

Review - Kyland (A sign of Love Novel) - Mia Sheridan

Again, I have been blown away by a Mia Sheridan book.This
story is the beautiful, captivating and heartwarming story of 2
teenagers, who have a hard time and really bad start at life. They use
their bad luck, and heartache to fuel their desire to get out of where
they live.

Tenleigh and Kyland live in a town hidden away in the
mountains. Both Tenleigh and Kyland know what it feels like to be
hungry, dirt poor. No shoes, clothes, money for anything. All they have
is hope. The hope that they can work hard enough, and win the Tyton Coal
scholarship. Yet there is only 1 scholarship, and they both want it
badly. It's all they have. Although they fight the inevitable
friendship, and chemistry, it's something that happens to come naturally
to them. What builds between them is the most tender and beautiful,
sighworthy love. The sort of love that can't be fought. They both need
to leave the town, and the only way out is the scholarship. So they
develop a friendship, knowing full well, one of them will be leaving at
the end of the school year, the other one won't.

It broke my
heart to see all the suffering in this place that they live, it really
opens up your eyes, knowing full well that part isn't all fiction. But,
reading about how Kyland and Tenleigh managed to make the best of what
they had, like on Christmas day, was incredible. It made me realise just
lucky we are. Anyway, aside from that eye opener. The bigger part of
this story that made an impression, was the incredible love story. Mia
Sheridan has become like the Queen of everlasting, love stories. The
kind that stick with you forever. Where you need your own Kyland to be
real.

Tenleigh was incredible, such a inspirational, beautiful
character, inside and out. I loved how she was so selfless, funny and
loved deeply. Kyland was the pretty much the male version of
Tenleigh. Any attributes she had, were mirrored by Kyland. They brought
out the best in each other, and you just know, around the corner pain
and heartache will spoil everything.It's one of those stories, that
you think you can guess how it will play out, right from the start. Yet,
I could never have guessed what would of happened, and I'm left glued
to every word. I did know I would end up crying, I think that is a given
with a Mia Sheridan book, but it's always worth it when you get to the
end.

This time, I realised something that I didn't think of with the last books of Mia Sheridan's that I have read.I
am a huge, huge Virginia Andrews fan. I always have been. I grew up
with Virginia Andrews books, and read them over and over until I could
repeat the lines. Yes, a little sad but I don't care. Anyway, after
reading Kyland I came to a realisation, Mia Sheridan's books remind me
of Virginia Andrews books. It never clicked before when I read the
others, but suddenly after reading Kyland, I worked out why I loved it
so much. It reminded me of the same sort of feeling I had after reading a
VA book. It's hard to explain, but it's like the voice of her books are
timeless. Her stories don't have a super modern feel, they don't need
it. They have their own time and voice, and are nothing like any other
books that I read, that are currently released. Virginia Andrews books
always had their own feel too, and nothing like any other books. I know
this is a completely random thought, and probably something nobody else
would agree on, but for me it's a huge compliment. It's something that
just makes me love Mia Sheridan's books all the more.

Someday, when I'm living my dreams, I'm going to think of
all the things that broke my heart and I'm going to be thankful for
them.

A huge amount more than 5 stars. 5 definitely doesn't cut it with Kyland.

**I was given an ARC of this book, in exchange for a fair and honest review.**